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<br />Numerous small tributaries were included in this study, The <br />sections studied along these tributaries are generally less than <br />0.5 mile. The stream channels are narrow and have slopes averaging <br />400 feet per mile. Two larger tributaries to the North Fork Big <br />Thompson River, West Creek and Devils Gulch, near Glen Haven were <br />also studied. West Creek and Devils Gulch have average channel <br />widths of 25 feet, and their slopes are 90 feet per mile and 400 <br />feet per mile, respectively. The soils along West Creek and Devils <br />Gulch are of the Haploborolls-Camborthids-Argiborolls Associations <br />(Reference 4). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Buckhorn Creek flows east and south through Larimer County and <br />joins the Big Thompson River approximately 5 miles west of <br />Loveland. Redstone Creek flows south on the east side of the <br />Buckhorn Creek basin and joins Buckhorn Creek at Masonville. <br />Development in the two basins is confined to those areas where the <br />valley width permits it, and consists mostly of farming units. The <br />channel slope of Buckhorn Creek in the studied section is <br />approximately 5B feet per mile, and the Redstone Creek channel <br />slope averages approximately IB5 feet per mile. Soils in the <br />Buckhorn Creek and Redstone Creek basins are of the Fluvaquents- <br />Fluvents, Argiborolls-Rock Outcrop, and Arguistolls-Haplustolls <br />Associations (Reference 4). <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Boxelder Creek flows in a southerly direction through Larimer <br />County past the west side of the Town of Wellington. Very little <br />development has occurred in the flood plain within the county. The <br />Boxelder Creek watershed, approximately 32 miles long with an <br />average width of B miles, flows from an altitude of 7,720 feet at <br />its headwaters in Wyoming to 4,B60 feet at its confluence with the <br />Cache La Poudre River. Geological formations exposed within the <br />watershed consist of rocks and sediments ranging from Precambrian <br />to Quaternary in age, and the soils in the basin are of the <br />Fluvaquents-Fluvents and Arguistolls-Haplustolls Associations <br />(Reference 4). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dry Creek is a tributary of the Cache La Poudre River that flows in <br />a southeasterly direction through Larimer County to its confluence <br />east of the City of Fort Collins. Development along the stream <br />consists of sparsely populated farm and range lands north and east <br />of Fort Collins, The channel is approximately 3 to 4 feet deep and <br />10 to 15 feet wide through the lower part of the study and 6 to 12 <br />feet deep and 60 to 80 feet wide in the upstream areas. The stream <br />channel gradient within the section studied is approximately lB <br />feet per mile. The soils within the Dry Creek flood plain are of <br />the Fluvaquents-Fluvents and Otero-Nelson Associations <br />(Reference 4). <br /> <br />Fish Creek flows north through Larimer County to its confluence <br />with the Big Thompson River at Lake Estes in the Town of Estes <br />Park. Fall River flows southeast through the county and joins the <br />Big Thompson River in Estes Park. The channels of both streams are <br />well defined and generally narrow, with cobble streambeds and heavy <br /> <br />5 <br />